DNA: Databases
(asked on 16th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA profiles were (a) held on the national DNA database and (b) added to the national DNA database in each of the last eight years.
a) The number of sample profiles retained on NDNAD by year:
Year | Total number of subject sample profiles retained on NDNAD | Total number of crime scene sample profiles retained on NDNAD |
2010-11 | 6,595,295 | 400,786 |
2011-12 | 6,969,396 | 405,848 |
2012-13 | 6,737,973 | 428,634 |
2013-14 | 5,716,085 | 456,856 |
2014-15 | 5,766,369 | 486,691 |
2015-16 | 5,860,642 | 519,678 |
2016-17 | 6,024,032 | 555,362 |
2017-18 | 6,196,278 | 590,404 |
b) The number of samples added to the NDNAD by year:
Year | Number of subject profiles loaded | Number of crime scene profiles loaded |
2010-11 | 474,437 | 39,995 |
2011-12 | 398,861 | 38,871 |
2012-13 | 362,419 | 33,190 |
2013-14 | 361,933 | 35,005 |
2014-15 | 311,746 | 36,933 |
2015-16 | 292,311 | 39,370 |
2016-17 | 269,489 | 40,829 |
2017-18 | 259,099 | 40,067 |